Bad Mommy!!

I was in the bathroom and forgot to close the door so my DD would stay in there (she was not having the playpen and did not want to argue because I had to go SO BAD!) and so she crawled out. I figured I would be done in 2 seconds, so I would go get her then. Well, I come out just in time to see her fall down the stairs from the top step! She had moved the blockade of stuff I had in front of the stairs aside and got past everything blocking her from getting up the stairs. Thank God she is okay, but I just feel like an awful Mom. I mean, I did put a bunch of stuff in front of the stairs to try to prevent her from getting up them (there is no place to attach a gate). Apparently, the blockade was not good enough.

You can teach her how to get down the stairs just in case so next time she won't fall. She has to get down backwards crawling kind of. My DH showed my LO and he is a pro after just few tries. We don't even have stairs at home. He did it at our friends house.

^^like she said..but also, time to invest in a baby gate!! It happens, my nephew fell down the stairs 2 months ago, from the top stair at LO's gma's house, he was ok, just shook up..LO stood on the couch the other day and promptly fell on her head on the floor!! Babies are fast!

I feel ya, almost exact story with my 3rd kid when she was about 18 mo, except at a friend's house. Her bathroom knob was broken, so I didn't shut it all the way (to not get locked in), toddler went out door and I couldn't get to her fast enough, pushed door to basement open and fell straight down. No really lasting damage, but I felt horrible. Hugs.

So glad to know I'm not alone. The baby gate won't really work because the stairs are open... nothing to attach it to. Thank God we are moving soon and the apartment's stairs we will be able to attach a baby gate at either end.